"Ah! I also want to stroke Keqing's cat-like head. It looks so good for rua." Little Gui watched Guizhong's head-pat kill on Keqing the cat, her expression extremely excited.
Unfortunately, Keqing could not endure Guizhong's teasing any longer and directly fled in panic.
Little Gui continued the plot with some regret.
Fortunately, she had taken a screenshot in time, so she could pull it up whenever she wanted to look at it.
After Guizhong and Cloud Retainer successively left the Jade Chamber, Lumine and Paimon arrived at the Jade Chamber as requested to meet with Ningguang.
After a segment of dialogue, Lumine and the player received the quest to protect the Golden House.
[Eh? The place where Mora is produced?]
[I have a bold idea.]
[Since it's the place where Mora is manufactured, if I secretly take a little bit (fingertip universe), no one should notice, right?]
"Look at how spineless you all are. Didn't Yunshang just give us one million Mora earlier? It's already gone?"
Little Gui showed disdain toward these money-obsessed water friends, while secretly calculating in her heart whether she could take some herself.
After accepting the quest, the screen went black, and a cutscene that the water friends were already very familiar with appeared.
[Switching to Jun Bai's perspective...]
"Oh! It's hubby's perspective!"
Little Gui sat up straight, fully focused on the screen.
——Teyvat
Jun Bai let out a long breath, stood up from the bed, clenched his fist, and muttered to himself: "Even after recovering with full effort, I can only reach the level of barely entering the Archon rank?"
"This is the first time I've forcibly restored my strength. I don't know what the consequences will be, but this is the only way for now."
[Old Mi, stop laying the groundwork! We already know you want to stab White Bro.]
[Previously, reviving ten years of power only reached 1% of his peak. Now, after just half a month, his power has "recovered" to the level of a newly entered Archon. Looks like this decisive battle is stable!]
[Yep, it has the smell of a knife, but I won't be fooled. During the preview livestream for the event, they clearly said that Jun Bai introduced us to become the store manager.]
[Is it possible that in this decisive battle, Jun Bai simply doesn't die, but still suffers?]
Jun Bai landed on the ground and loosened up his body, which had not moved for half a month and was starting to feel a little rusty.
Then, he walked out of his room, looked at the curtain of rain outside the window, and said: "Has the power of the seal already reached its limit?"
"Osial… To prevent any possibility of an accident, I need to retrieve my old friend."
Jun Bai spread his Flame Wings and charged straight into the rain curtain.
A crimson meteor streaked across the rain clouds, passed over the Guili Assembly, flew across Tianheng Mountain, and finally crossed the range of the rain clouds, arriving at Liyue's former forbidden ground — Falling Phoenix Abyss.
A location that did not exist in the original world line. It was precisely because of this untouched forbidden land that the Archon Phenex was able to be born into this world.
Jun Bai hovered in the air above Falling Phoenix Abyss and beckoned toward the bottomless abyss.
A streak of crimson surged out from the scorching magma and landed in Jun Bai's palm.
The cooled magma dripped down bit by bit, revealing the true form of that crimson streak.
The spear body was crimson like fire, with shallow golden patterns extending across it, forming the motifs of phoenix tree leaves. The spearhead was three-pronged with two blades. On the bright silver spear blade, neatly arranged shallow golden patterns outlined a phoenix spreading its wings and soaring.
Signature Weapon — Phoenix Perches on Demon Subjugation.
[Our White Bro finally has his signature weapon to use!]
[So the signature weapon was kept at home all along? Why didn't he take it with him before?]
[I feel like this signature weapon will be used in the plot, so there seems to be some kind of restriction.]
The words proved prophetic. The moment Phoenix Perches on Demon Subjugation landed in Jun Bai's hand, it flashed with brilliance, but only for an instant. The light quickly faded, and Phoenix Perches on Demon Subjugation instantly became ordinary.
Although its design was gorgeous, it now looked as plain and unremarkable as a beginner's spear.
Jun Bai did not let the water friends remain confused for long.
He picked up Phoenix Perches on Demon Subjugation, slightly furrowed his brows, and sighed: "When I forged you back then, I unnecessarily added the restriction that only God-level elemental energy could drive you."
"If I had known, I would have set you like Scarlet Sky, with no usage restrictions."
Jun Bai put away Phoenix Perches on Demon Subjugation with a backhand. His current elemental energy had already reached the level of a newly entered Archon. Although using it might be a bit strenuous, at least he no longer had to leave it in Falling Phoenix Abyss to eat magma.
(Actually, he had been carrying it with him the whole time. He had only deliberately put it back for the sake of manufacturing the plot.)
"With Phoenix Perches here, my confidence in fighting Osial has increased by another level."
Jun Bai chuckled lightly and was about to leave.
"Li——"
However, just as Jun Bai was about to depart, a phoenix cry rang out from the depths of Falling Phoenix Abyss.
Jun Bai subconsciously looked toward Falling Phoenix Abyss.
His gaze extended infinitely into the depths of the abyss, and finally, within the orange-red magma, he saw the phantom of a phoenix rolling and soaring inside the magma.
"Scarlet Sky..." Jun Bai's eyes became gentle without him even noticing.
[As expected, there are conditions for using the signature weapon in the plot. Otherwise, when White Bro appeared, he wouldn't have been using the 3-star White Tassel Spear.]
[Generally speaking, the harsher the usage conditions, the stronger the ability it displays. Only Archon-level can drive it, so it looks like the signature weapon's plot strength will be maxed out.]
[Key point: The signature weapon was personally forged by Jun Bai.]
[Key point two: Jun Bai also forged a weapon named Scarlet Sky with no usage restrictions, and from the current plot, Scarlet Sky is also beneath Falling Phoenix Abyss.]
[White Bro's gaze is so gentle. It feels like this "Scarlet Sky" is very important to him.]
"I'm sorry, Scarlet Sky. I know you also long to fight side by side with me." Jun Bai sighed. "But right now, I still haven't overcome that barrier…"
The next moment, Jun Bai gritted his teeth, turned around, spread his wings, and left Falling Phoenix Abyss.
"Li..."
Inside Falling Phoenix Abyss, the phoenix cry gradually weakened.
[Switching to Traveler's perspective...]
Looking at the sudden black screen, Little Gui, who had been building up emotions, instantly froze:
"Don't switch perspectives at a time like this! It was just getting to the touching part! Switch back quickly, I want to see my hubby's story with Scarlet Sky!"
Little Gui wailed, but she could not change what had already happened.
The progress bar finished loading, and the Traveler was now standing in front of the doors of the Golden House.